My Friend Janet

My friend Janet was an artist. She was my children’s high school art teacher. For many years I knew her as just that: talented, dedicated artist and teacher, an acquaintance. Some years later, after my kids were grown, Janet contacted me to see if I might be...

Women Strong video

Attached is a link to an exhibition featuring an artists’ group I am part of: Women Strong. We are a group of female artists focused on building community through art. There are 12 of us in total, though not everyone appears in this video. Please enjoy....

Container Woes, Part II

My change of plan for my shipping container is underway. I am returning to my strength, which is collage, color and pattern. Currently I am working on a small model and plan to see how it works in the container. I am feeling better about this pivot in my plan, so...

Container Woes

So, I have been working on this project for what seems like forever… I was given a 10 by 20-foot shipping container so I could create an art installation inside of it. I painted the exterior silver, and decided I wanted mirrored interior walls. Traditional mirror is...

Wow, it’s been a year!

Since I have posted anything! Oops, so easy to let it slip. So, this will be a quick one. I have a show opening on Oct. 4 at Front Street Studios in Dayton. My artist group, Women Strong, will be showing a few of our favorite things! Here is one of mine: Watch it...
HOW DO WE WELCOME THIS NEW YEAR?

HOW DO WE WELCOME THIS NEW YEAR?

With hope, I think. How else can we go forward in this challenging time? It’s so easy to feel discouraged, or to languish, as The New York Times so aptly phrased it, as we enter yet another year of pandemic. So let’s do our best to stay hopeful, and find a...
Divisible by Tree

Divisible by Tree

Today I hung a new exhibition of 30 images all based on tree forms. Twelve are collage on canvas and all are variations on the same tree. I have been thinking for several years about how does one represent a year? These are part of this inquiry. The other 18 pieces...

APPRECIATING THE SPIDER’S WORK This morning as I was getting ready to head to the studio I noticed two separate sets of neighbors pause on the sidewalk outside my door. Each one stooped with their phone cameras and snapped a picture. One walked on, but the other...

Juggling Jars….

This is a collage titled “Juggling Jars”. It’s Aquarius, the Water Carrier. The water is pouring out of the jars he juggles. The constellation Aquarius is defined by very thin copper...

MEET ME HOME: An Art and Poetry Exhibition

ARTIST: MARSHA PIPPENGER, Dayton, Ohio POET: AIMEE NOEL, Dayton, Ohio INTRODUCTION: This exhibition will hang at The McMillan Gallery in Dayton, Ohio through the spring. Due to coronavirus, the opening was live on Facebook. Collaborating with a talented local poet,...

New Show Opening

First Friday of May I open a new exhibition with Aimee Noel who is a Dayton poet. The show, “Meet Me Home” is a response to issues of immigration. I made art and Aimee wrote poetry in response. Here’s a teaser: This one is Circle Two: Shut Out, part...